Eagle Ford Shale Well Map - TX RRC - August 2013

August 20, 2013 R.T. Dukes

An updated Eagle Ford well map from the Texas Railroad Commission shows the number of natural gas wells producing in the play has doubled since January.

Over a 210 day period between January 7, 2013 and August 5, 2013, a little more than 7 oil wells and 4 gas wells have come online per day. A total of 1,537 oil wells and 954 natural gas wells have been brought to production.

Oil production from the play is up more than 60% year over year to more than 650,000 b/d. Don't be surprised to see the Eagle Ford surpass the 1 million b/d mark sometime in 2014. Notable items include:

5,367 permits approved
4,045 oil wells online and producing
1,883 gas wells online and producing
More than 11,000 permits have been issued in the play to date

Data from the RRC is always a little delayed, so the numbers reflected are not be 100% accurate. The RRC is at the mercy of companies reporting data in a timely fashion. I suspect we have well over 6,000 producing Eagle Ford wells today.

Eagle Ford Shale Well Map - TX RRC - May 2013

June 27, 2013 R.T. Dukes

An updated Eagle Ford well map was published by the RRC in mid-May.

Over a 98 day period between February and May, an average of almost 8 oil wells and almost 5 gas wells came online per day. It is obvious higher gas prices have been welcomed during the first half of the year.

The number of gas wells online has grown by almost 50% in just over three months.

Between February and May:

768 oil wells came online – 3,462 producing
448 gas wells came online – 1,443 producing
5,497 permits had been approved and were pending development
More than 10,402 well permits have been drilled or are pending. Permits expire after two years, so many more have have been permitted over the past five years.

Eagle Ford Well Map - TX RRC - February 2013

February 20, 2013 R.T. Dukes

An updated Eagle Ford well map was published by the RRC at the beginning of the month.

Since December 2012:

254 oil wells have come online - 2,694 producing
77 gas wells have come online - 955 producing
5,379 permits are approved and pending development
8,101 well permits have been issued to date in the play

Data from the RRC is always a little delayed, so the numbers reflected are not be 100% accurate. The RRC is at the mercy of companies reporting data in a timely fashion. I suspect we’re close to 4,000 wells producing.

TX RRC Eagle Ford Well Map - Dec 2012

December 24, 2012 R.T. Dukes

The Texas Railroad Commission's Eagle Ford Shale well map was updated with the most recent data through December 11, 2012.

Since November 12th, the commission has issued 40 permits. That's much slower than the almost 5 permits per day during the previous four months, but a slow down is expected this time of year.

A total of 3,318 wells had been reported producing as of December 11. Over 200 wells were brought online in the past month. That's 176 more oil wells and 35 more gas wells than we had in November. Interestingly, that's a pace of more than 7 wells coming online per day.

Data from the RRC is always a little delayed, so the numbers reflected might not be 100% accurate. The RRC is at the mercy of companies reporting data in a timely fashion. I suspect we're closer to 4,000 wells producing by the end of the month.

Texas Railroad Commission Eagle Ford Well Map - November 2012

November 14, 2012 R.T. Dukes

The Texas Railroad Commission's Eagle Ford Shale well map was updated with the most recent reported data through November 12, 2012.

Since July 3, the commission has issued 661 permits. That's a little more than 5 permits per day over a period of ~130 days.

A total of 3,107 wells had been reported producing as of November 12. That's 574 more oil wells and 133 more gas wells than we had as of June. Interestingly, that's a pace of more than 5 wells coming online per day.

Data from the RRC is always a little delayed, so I suspect we're closer 4,000 than 3,000 wells producing at year-end 2012.